A Review of ``HACKING: THE ART OF EXPLOITATION, 2ND EDITION'' by Jon Erickson

Under review is (ISBN 978-1-59327-144-2).  Information concerning it may be found here:
https://nostarch.com/hacking2.htm
https://nostarch.com/hackingCD

I was cleaning lately and came across this old book I'd read several years back.  Despite suboptimal
storage conditions it was still in a reasonable condition, so its binding was apparently worthwhile.
I don't recall finding the book particularly enlightening even at the time, and I never used its CD.

The book begins with an explanation of what hacking truly is, and a C-flavored intro to programming.
The first hundred and so pages go by rather easily, and it doesn't hide the underlying machine code,
nor other interesting details for some things; the book then begins introducing buffer overflows and
``shellcode'' and the like.  It also has chapters for networking, countermeasures, and cryptography.

While it's been nice to reminisce, I don't at all recall this book significantly contributing in any
way to my understanding.  I seem to recall recollecting fragments occasionally to occupy myself, but
only ever as a curiousity.  The information in the book is certainly outdated in many ways, and I've
pursued the path where such trivial exploitations aren't possible.  I could certainly appreciate the
book more now, but lack that want.  In this context, I can only recommend it for an ignorant reader.
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